Northern Bedford

WARFORDSBURG ? Nicole Hankinson scored twice and Chloe Mapes and Jen Wilt added solo goals to power Berlin?s 4-2 victory over Northern Bedford in girls varsity soccer Monday. Mapes, Wilt and Amber Hay had one assist each for the Lady Mountaineers. Kayla Corle scored both goals for NBC. Stephanie Werner was in goal for Berlin while Cayla Gilbert tended goal for NBC. NBC falls to 3-9 on the season while Berlin climbs to 10-3-1. The Lady Mountaineers will host Meyersdale at 6 p.m. Thursday.

IN THE NEWS Berlin and Shanksville girls will host District 5A first-round basketball playoff games tonight while Meyersdale travels to Northern Bedford. See playoff roundup in Wednesday's sports section.

IN THE NEWS Northern Bedford hopes to snap Meyersdale's nine-game winning streak when the two District 5A football powers clash on the Red Raiders' gridiron Friday night in the district's semifinal playoff game. See preview story in Friday's sports section.

LOYSBURG - Thomas Miller plowed into the end zone on fourth down from inside the 1 and Brantley Rice kicked what amounted to a 25-yard extra point in double overtime to give North Star a hard-fought 21-20 victory over Northern Bedford in the District 5 Class A semifinals on Friday night. The Cougars (10-2), winners of the last two D5-A championships, earned another berth in the championship game - opposite tonight's Windber-Berlin winner - next Friday night at a neutral site.

LOYSBURG — Berlin, Shade, Somerset and Windber participated in the Northern Bedford Track and Field Invitational Friday. For the boys, Berlin’s Ian Sayler was a triple event winner while Isaac Will was a double winner. Alex Will won the 110 hurdles in a meet record-breaking time of 14.9 seconds for the Mountaineers while Drew Romesberg claimed the pole vault. Berlin also won two relay events. Shade’s Jordan Wilt claimed the 1600 meter run. For the girls, Windber’s Ashlee McMullen won the 100 hurdles and Somerset’s Jayna Coyle won the triple jump.

The Somerset Area High School wrestling team appears to be peaking at the right time. The Golden Eagles captured the team title at the always-tough Bedford Thomas tournament last weekend. Somerset carried that momentum into the first round of the District 5 Class AA Team Championships on Thursday night against Conemaugh Township. A strong start, including three straight falls to open the match, led the third-seeded Golden Eagles to a convincing 47-23 win over the sixth-seeded Indians.

The field has been set for the District 5 dual-meet wrestling tournament. The action is scheduled to begin on Thursday with three first-round matches, all beginning at 7 p.m. No. 4 Berlin hosts No. 5 Meyersdale, No. 2 Northern Bedford hosts No. 7 Shade and No. 3 Somerset hosts No. 6 Conemaugh Township. Top-seeded Bedford receives a first-round bye. The first-round winners advance to the semifinals, which will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bedford High School. The three-time defending champion Bisons will face the Berlin/Meyersdale winner.